20 Most Under-Appreciated Video Games Of The Decade (So Far)

19. Mad Max

Few games get so roundly trounced sales-wise as Mad Max, though the reason was not anything to do with quality - it's because it launched on the exact same day as Metal Gear Solid V. Yeah... whoever thought of that might want to analyse the obvious ramifications of going up against one of the biggest franchises in gaming history.

Regardless, Avalanche Studios' version of Mad Max brought across all the anarchy prevalent in their Just Cause games, before grounding it with incredibly solid melee and driving systems. Haymakers land with the impact of a shotgun, bones break like popped champagne corks and vehicles all gnash together like Mad Max: Fury Road's most brutally cerebral moments made playable.

In short, Mad Max is one of the best movie-inspired video games of all time, but outside of that, it's also an immaculately polished open-world brawler with a killer aesthetic.